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The 14th Tour of the Fireflies – Bicycles for Environmentally Sustainable Transportation

The Firefly Brigade is a citizen’s volunteer action group formed in 1999 to work for clean air and a habitable, people-friendly environment in our cities.

The fireflies have fled the city because they could not stand its dirty air. All of us cyclists, pedestrians, commuters, even those who ride cars who live, work and raise families in the city may suffer the same fate. We continue to dirty our city’s air with polluting vehicles and factories. As a result, we also risk disappearing like the fireflies.

Why resign ourselves to this fate?

We have a choice. We can fight for clean air and bring the fireflies back.

Tour of the Fireflies

The group organizes an annual cycling caravan known as the Tour of the Fireflies. The tour attracts cyclists from all walks of life and of all ages for a treat of a bike tour around the cities of Metro Manila; still to promote cycling as an environment friendly and healthy form of transportation around the cities.[taken from Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia]

Nov. 18.2012. Sunday. 5AM. The day of the long-awaited 14th Tour of the Fireflies.

I hooked up with my MTB buddies, Rocky, Rox and Manny. We rode to Tiendesitas in Pasig City.

Upon reaching ground zero, I saw hundreds of fireflies. [bikers] More than last year.
From all walks of life.

There are also the usual sponsors like Pepsi and Nutribar.

It’s Super Jam-packed! We can’t even move. I can’t see the head or the tail of the Tour.

The roads are not enough.

I stopped and stood at the side of the road photo shooting for 1.5 hours and still, I did not see the tail.

I saw many different bikes and costumes.
I just love the little bikers.
I even saw the Power Rangers.

The 14th Tour of the Firelfies is an overwhelming success.

See you again next year!

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